Vulnerability in Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware (CVE-2016-8720)
Summary
Vulnerability in Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware (CVE-2016-8720). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
An exploitable HTTP Header Injection vulnerability exists in the Web Application functionality of the Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware 1.1. A specially crafted HTTP request can inject a payload in the bkpath parameter which will be copied in to Location header of the HTTP response.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-8720 has been found in Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware CVE-2016-8720" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-8720 (Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware) — CWE-74 / CVSS v3 4.3
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-74) exists in Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.3/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Moxa AWK-3131A Wireless Access Point running firmware を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- exploit talosintelligence.com